Grant Directories

The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is a grant making foundation that give grants to small and medium sized local organisations in the UK with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Through the Major grants programme the foundation provides funding of between £10,000 and £100,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs to organisations that have a focus on Family Support, this may further include: Early intervention;  Families coping with addiction; Prisoners' families

The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is a grant making foundation that give grants to small and medium sized local organisations in the UK with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Through the small grants programme the foundation provides funding of between £2,000 and £10,000 to charitable organisations with an income of less than £250,000 for projects that focus on Community Support. Examples of the kind of projects that can be funded include: CommunityServices; CommunityCentres; Alternative Education; Training, mentoring, employment and volunteering opportunities; Youth; Counselling; Family Support Services; Substance Misuse.

The Allen Lane Foundation is a grant-making trust with a focus is on funding unpopular causes. The overall aims of the Foundation are to make a lasting difference to people’s lives; reduce isolation, stigma and discrimination; and to encourage or enable unpopular groups to share in the life of the whole community  The Foundation supports projects aimed at education and the prevention of abuse, and the provision of practical alternatives to violence and conflict resolution. 

The Allen Lane Foundation is a grant-making trust with a focus is on funding unpopular causes. The overall aims of the Foundation are to make a lasting difference to people’s lives; reduce isolation, stigma and discrimination; and to encourage or enable unpopular groups to share in the life of the whole community.  The Foundation supports the work of groups and organisations that work with people in prison, ex-offenders, and those at risk of offending. The Foundation is especially keen to support the rehabilitation of people, and work that helps reduce the likelihood of re-offending behaviour.

This scheme will provide protective security measures to places of worship that have been subject to, or are vulnerable to a hate crime attack. To be eligible, applicants will need to demonstrate that any crimes committed at their place of worship (or one not necessarily of the same faith within a 2 mile radius) was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on religion or belief. Grants can cover security equipment but not the cost of recruiting security personnel and may include: CCTV; perimeter fencing; access control gates; window locks; intruder alarm; external lighting; and security doors and the appropriate labour cost to install the security equipment.

The UK Government's Tampon Tax Fund distributes the VAT collected on women's sanitary products as grants to charitable organisations within the UK. A total of £15 million is available for projects that address violence against women or work with disadvantaged women and girls. Priority will be given to projects that provide services that are not currently widely available. Proposals from organisations that work to improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls more generally are welcomed. All applicants must demonstrate how user involvement is built into their work and that users (or potential users) of a service or project are involved in an appropriate way at all stages.

The aim of the Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Northumbria's Supporting Victims Fund is to build the capacity and maximise the potential of organisations who can help to ensure the improved provision of vital services to support victims of crime and help them cope and recover. Grants are available to individual organisations or partnerships for work relating to building capacity and maximising the potential of the applicant to deliver services that strengthen support in the areas of: Domestic and sexual abuse and violence; young people under 18; victims of hate crime; victims with mental health needs and those at risk of abuse or harm.

The Police & Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire's Community Fund offers grants from £500 to £20,000 for new projects led by people based or operating solely or mainly within North Yorkshire and the City of York. The aim of the fund is to deliver positive change with applications most likely to be successful where they deliver positive change across one or more of three key areas: To make key community locations safer or feel safer; to provide services which aim to prevent people from becoming victims of crime or anti-social behaviour (ASB) or decrease the chance of people becoming repeat victims; and to provide services which aim to prevent people from becoming offenders or decrease the chance of people becoming repeat offenders.

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Cleveland has funds available to enable local people and organisations to access one off and longer term grants that actively reduce crime and disorder and reduce the fear of crime. The Police Property Act provides funds that must be used for charitable purposes. The PCC Community Safety Initiative offers funding for projects that address the following priorities: Crime and disorder reduction, including antisocial behaviour, in communities and neighbourhoods; reducing the misuse of drugs, alcohol and other substances ; reducing reoffending; additional services that help victims, witnesses or other people affected by crime and antisocial behaviour. In addition, Grants and Commissioning enables the PCC to commission services that help victims and witnesses affected by crime and antisocial behaviour.

The Hospital of God makes grants to other voluntary organisations and aims to support charities working in lower profile areas of work that reach people who are on the edges of society.Examples of recent grants include support for organisations that work with asylum seekers, prisoner's families and people with drug problems.Grants can be from one to three years and up to £3,000 per year. All applications must: Enhance the ability of the individual or the community to achieve self determination; directly benefit people who are disadvantaged; provide evidence of the need for the project for which a grant is sought; demonstrate the ability of the applicant organisation to deliver the service.

The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust aims to distribute approximately £500,000 each year to good causes, primarily in the North East of England. Priority will be given to projects that ease social deprivation and/or enrich the fabric of the local community and the quality of life of individuals within that community. Projects funded include those that: Meet the needs of communities experiencing high levels of deprivation; involve self-help initiatives to improve quality of life; provide services for young people to address educational needs or offer diversion from crime and anti-social behaviour; assist communities affected by crime and anti-social behaviour; involve art projects to tackle deprivation or improve local quality of life; youth organisations i.e. Sea Cadets, Scouts, Guides; projects that draw on the region's rich maritime tradition to deliver improvements in local quality of life or address deprivation.

The Saint Sarkis Charity Trust is a grant making organisation which funds the following organisations: The Armenian Church of Saint Sarkis in London; The Gulbenkian Library at the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem; registered charities concerned with the Armenian community in the UK and/or overseas. Although the Trust continues to provide funding for a small number of innovative projects which help to support prisoners in the UK and so reduce the rates of re-offending, it no longer accepts unsolicited applications for this priority. The funding amount is discretionary and applications may be submitted at any time.

The Indigo Trust is a grant making foundation that funds technology-driven projects to bring about social change, largely in African countries.  The Trust focuses mainly on innovation, transparency and citizen empowerment. The Trust will also consider innovative projects, which utilise Information Technologies to support development outcomes in any sector including the health, education, human rights and agricultural spheres. The Indigo Trust makes grants to African projects or programmes, or to organisations which operate at least partly in African countries.

The Trust makes revenue grants to small registered charities whose work focuses on one of the Trust’s priority groups.  These are;  elderly people, children and young people aged 5 - 25, people with physical impairments;  learning difficulties or mental health challenges,;  social welfare - people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending); and education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children).  Grants are given for running costs for up to three years. Grants are normally for a maximum of £3,000 per year.

The aim of the Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund is to support projects working with disadvantaged young people (aged 5 to 30 years) to ensure that they are given every possible chance to meet their full potential and to participate fully in society. The Fund also aims to help young people at risk of criminal involvement to stay out of trouble and assist in the rehabilitation of offenders, particularly young offenders both in prison and after release. Grants are usually no more than £15,000 per annum, and to make sure grants of this size have an impact, we will not fund large organisations. To be eligible for funding, local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than £100,000. Those working across the UK should normally have an income of not more than £250,000. Applications are considered at meetings in February, June and November.

Westhill support projects with strong underlying Christian Values that transform peoples lives, foster empathy between communities and build bridges between people of diverse backgrounds and cultures. Grants have been made to a very wide range of successful projects in local communities in churches and cathedrals, hospitals and hospices; and in higher and a wide range of further educational institutions both in the UK and overseas. Most grants range between £500 and £20,000. Larger sums for projects running over two years are considered but matching funding is sometimes advised. Applications can be submitted at any time and these are assessed on a quarterly basis.

County Durham Community Foundation is one of 48 community foundations across the UK. It's aim is to provide funding that will directly address the needs of County Durham's most vulnerable people and communities. Support generally falls under the broad heading of social welfare and applications must demonstrate a strong case for support, clear aims and objectives, wherever possible the organisation or project is user led and the grant will make a real difference to people within their community. Grants for projects include health, children and young people, arts and culture, the elderly, people with disabilities, and projects providing services in the community or improving the local environment. Grants available for set up costs, capital items (including IT), training, transport costs

Community Foundations support community and voluntary sector activity through grants to local groups and organisations. There are 48 Community Foundations of different sizes within the UK. Although all Community Foundations operate according to common criteria, they vary in terms of size and nature of grants available. Some Community Foundations will fund both organisations and individuals whilst other foundations will only fund organisations. Each community foundation covers a specific geographic area and will not normally be able to support work outside its area.